The Historical Society of Berks County PA

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The Historical Society of Berks County
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940 Centre Ave
Reading, Pa. 19601

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Topic	Description	Vol.	Issue	Year	Page
Breweries	Ale only type made in country until production of German-favored lager began in 1840s	7	2	1942	39
Breweries	Frederick Lauer's father started in Womelsdorf soon after 1823 immigration, moving it to Reading in 1826	7	2	1942	39
Breweries	Henry Eckert began first in Reading in 1763, passing to John Spohn, Jacob Bright, and Jacob Bright Hoff	7	2	1942	39
Breweries	Peter Barbey started in Reading in 1869	7	2	1942	39
Historical Society	Pilgrimage No. 36 (1941) included Zeller Fort, "Red Rose" Church, Stiegel Furnace, and two museums	7	2	1942	54
History (as a subject)	Book Review: "Inventory of the County Archives of Pa., #6, Berks County" by Pa. Historical Survey WPA	7	2	1942	56
Jewish-Americans	Indications of Jews in Berks County in 1700s; Jewish names and occupations; similarities to Pa. Germans	7	2	1942	47
Mills	Paper made by Van Reeds at Mill No. 2 acquired 1854; fire and flood leads to end of ownership in 1894	7	2	1942	49
Pennsylvania	Book Review: "Pennsylvania, The Story of a Commonwealth"	7	2	1942	56
Revolutionary War	Reading facilities provided to officer prisoners described in 1776 and 1781 letters published in diary	7	2	1942	52
Schools, Business	George W. Billman, Elmer Deck, Edwin R. Gerber, and Anna Goodman pioneered teaching stenography	7	2	1942	44
Shulze, John Andrew	Berks-born minister elected governor in 1823 as a dark horse Democratic candidate; born 1775	7	2	1942	34
Stenographers & Typewriting	Courts, newspapers, and business began using shorthand & typewriting in 1880s; early stenographer's names	7	2	1942	44
Van Reed, Henry Z.	Added second paper mill in 1854 to business started by grandfather; lived 1828-1879; genealogy	7	2	1942	49